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CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Dates______Name Sreekanth Attaluri

Date of Birth July 19, 1972

Place of Birth , ,

School and Public School (March 1987) University degree Intermediate Education (March 1989) Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (December 1995) Master of Science in Agriculture- Crop Physiology (Feb. 1999) Doctor of Philosophy- Crop Science (Agronomy) (Oct. 2008)

Current Employer International Potato Center (CIP), Regional Office for South West and Central Asia (SWCA), NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Pusa, New 110012, India Current address CIP-liaison office, RC CTCRI, Dumduma, Bhubaneswar 751019 Orissa, India Telephone (+) 91 94370 69177 E-mail [email protected]

Languages English (Good User; IELTS band score: 7/9) Hindi (advanced skills) Telugu (advanced skills) Kannada (basic skills; 3 years) Russian (basic skills; 6 months)

Honors, Awards -Recipient of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research &Fellowships (ICAR) Junior Research Fellowship for post-graduate studies -Obtained the NET (National Eligibility Test) certificate conducted by the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) of ICAR. . -PhD study grant by the International Potato Center, Lima, Peru -Selection for participation in Young Researchers Seminar and GCARD 2010, Montpellier, France

-Recipient of the J N Bose Memorial National award (2010) in ‘Community nutrition’ presented by Indian Dietetic Association of the Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Institute of Nutrition. The award presented by the DG, Indian Council of Medical Research recognizes a study describing CIP’s work with tribal communities in plant material production for improved consumption and promote indigenous recipes using nutritive sweetpotatoes.

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1986 – 1987 Attended the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education at Loyola Public School, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh state, India

1988 – 1989 Andhra Christian College, Andhra Pradesh, India passing the Intermediate Education with Biology, Physics and Chemistry

1994 – 1995 Graduating with the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture having a semester done in Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP) at Agricultural College, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India

1998 – 1999 M.Sc (Agriculture) Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, India. Thesis title: Thermotolerant groundnut (Arachis hypogoea L.) genotypes identified based on Temperature Induction Response (TIR) technique also exhibited enhanced expression of a few stress responsive proteins. Supervisor: Prof. M Udaya Kumar

Jan. – Dec 2000 Attended the Intensive course in Russian language for six months at the Institute of Russian language, Cultural Department, Embassy of Russian Federation, New Delhi, and Japanese for one year at the Japanese Cultural Center, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, India

2005 – 2008 Ph.D. Crop Science (Agronomy), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Title: Morphological and physiological adaptability of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatus L.) genotypes to different agro-ecological conditions of Orissa state, India. supervisors: Prof. U R Sangakkara and Prof. W A J M De Costa Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science. ______Participation in International trainings (selected) 2004 Simulation Models to Assess Year-round Feeding Strategies in Smallholder Crop-Livestock Systems – Organised by ILRI in cooperation with Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Thailand and CIP-Integrated Natural Resource Management (CIP-NRM) held in Bangkok, Thailand 2005 Participatory Research and Development (PR&D) Introductory training organized by Users’ Perspectives With Agricultural Research and Development (UPWARD), Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI- BIRD) and Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN) in Bangkok, Thailand

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Working and Research Experiences______

1995 During this program, as a part of Bachelor of Science, experience has been gained in the crop cultivation and financial management of farm. This involved farmers and agricultural extension workers. Management aspects of field crops such as rice, cotton, maize, soybean, sorghum, groundnut, sesame and castor have been well studied in the farmers’ field conditions.

Oct – Dec 1999 Worked as Research Associate in the Reserve Bank of India project "Price formation in Grain Markets in North India: Auctions and Strategic behaviour". The project was implemented by a team belonging to Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi (Supervisor: Prof. Abhijit Banerjee).

2002 – 2003 As a scientist worked in the True Potato Seed (TPS) project based at International Potato Center (CIP), New Delhi, India which involved mainly participatory farmer’s field evaluation and imparting training to farmers on TPS utilization in North- eastern states of India and in collaboration with Department of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland, India

Since mid 2003 Sweetpotato Scientist for South, West and Central Asia (SWCA) at CIP Liaison office in Orissa state, India and implemented projects on Sweetpotato Crop Management and Crop Improvement in the 3 countries namely India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Sweetpotato projects were implemented and organized in collaboration with NARS, NGOs & International development organizations.

2005 Doubling the efforts and continuing my work as sweetpotato scientist in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for sweetpotato projects, enrolled for PhD programme in Sri Lanka at Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya,Sri Lanka and completed the programme in 2008. CIP sweetpotato activities in Sri Lanka ended in 2008.

2009-2011(till date) Sweetpotato Agronomist and Research Coordinator, CIP-liaison office, Orissa in SWCA region working with NARS, NGOs and International development organizations in India and Bangladesh.

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Recent publications______

Attaluri S, Sangakkara U R and De Costa W A J M. 2011. Physiological adaptability of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) genotypes as influenced by seasons with emphasis on Orange-fleshed sweetpotato. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 81(1): 33-37 Attaluri S, Sangakkara U R and De Costa W A J M. 2011. Stability analysis for yield in sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) genotypes with special reference to orange-fleshed sweetpotato. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences .81 (7): 585-9 Vimala,B., Attaluri,S.,Binu,H. and Wolfgang.G. (2011) Variability in 42 Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato Hybrids for Tuber Yield and Carotene & Dry matter Content (2011) Gene Conserve, 40 :190-200 http://www.geneconserve.pro.br/artigos11.htm ISSN: 1808-1878 Attaluri S Janardhan, K. V and Light, A., ed. 2010. Sustainable sweetpotato production and utilization in Orissa, India. Proceedings of a workshop and training held in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, International Potato Center (CIP).P 48 Attaluri S, Dindo Campilan, Rabindranath Patra and Appa Rao 2011.Propagation techniques employed in production of quality planting material in sweetpotato. Proceedings of a National Consultation workshop on production of Disease free planting material at Modipuram, India. P 14-18 Bhuiyan M. K. R., Hossain M, Golder P.C., Alam M.S and Attaluri S. 2010. BARI SP-8 and BARI SP-9: The Newly Released High Yielding Sweetpotato Varieties of Bangladesh. J Root Crops, 35: 148- 152 Publications accepted (In Press) B Vimala, Attaluri S, Binu Hariprakash and G. Wolfgang. 2011. Variability for morphological characters and storage root yield in the hybrid progenies of exotic orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas). Submitted to Biodicon

Published articles (selected)______

Attaluri S., Vimala B., Palaniswami M.S. 2009. Performance of Orange-fleshed sweetpotato genotypes in different agro-ecological conditions of India. Proceedings of fifteenth Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), Lima, Peru, Nov. 2-6 in.67-69.

Campilan. D., Attaluri S., Mallubhotla S and Surya A.V. 2009. Sweetpotato consumption in Orissa, India and implication for nutrition and livelihood improvement. Proceedings of fifteenth Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC), Lima, Peru, Nov. 2-6 in.9-13.

Attaluri S., Sangakkara U.R., De Costa W.A.J.M. and Ilangantileke S. 2008. Performance and adaptability of sweetpotato genotypes to different agro-ecological conditions of Orissa, India. Abstract: Fifth International Crop Science Congress & Exhibition. April. 13-18 Jeju, Korea. 11-12

Attaluri S and Ilangantileke S. 2007. On-farm participatory selection of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) for nutrition improvement in Nuapada district of Western Orissa, India. In: Participatory Plant Breeding and Knowledge Management for Strengthening Rural Livelihoods (Arunachalam. V, eds) Chennai: MSSRF. 56-62

Attaluri S and Ilangantileke S. 2007. Promotion of orange fleshed sweetpotato to alleviate Vitamin A deficiency in Orissa and Eastern Uttar Pradesh of India. Proc. Thirteenth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC). Nov. 10-14 in Arusha, Tanzania. 2: 732 ______Curriculum Vitae / 5 Sreekanth Attaluri

Reddy R., Attaluri S., Chung I.B., Ravi D., Khan A.A and Blummel. M. 2006. Variations in vine to tuber ratios and total biomass yield in five cultiviars of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (I) Lam) grown for silages for pigs. Twelveth AAAP Animal Science Congress Bexco, Busan Korea September 18-22, pp-014.

Jamil K.M., Haskell M.J., Perez-Exposito A., Hossain. M., Bhuiyan. M.K.R., Attaluri S and Brown K.H. 2006 Biofortification for alleviation and prevention of vitamin-A deficiency in Bangladesh In: Fourteenth Triennial Symposium of The International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Thiruvananthapuram, , India 20-26 November 2006 Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India pp. 75

Attaluri S and Rath KH. 2006. Farming for better health: experimenting with sweetpotato for vitamin A nutrition improvement in India. In: Learning Participation in Action, Field Research Experiences in South Asia (Campilan, D., A. Bertuso, R. Ariyabandu and L. Sister, eds). Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: CIP-UPWARD. 79-85.

Attaluri S., Sangakkara U.R and Ilangantileke S. 2006. Evaluation of Orange-fleshed sweetpotato genotypes for smallholder farming systems in Orissa, India In: Fourteenth Triennial Symposium of The International Society for Tropical Root Crops, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Nov. 20-26 pp.240

Ilangantileke S and Attaluri S. 2006. Importance of orange fleshed sweetpotato in combating vitamin A deficiency and its relevance in India In: National Seminar on Root and Tuber Crops (NSRTC I) Regional Centre of Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, India Oct. 29-31 pp. 241

Ilangantileke S and Attaluri S. 2005. Sweetpotato utilization for starch and starch-based products in Asia In: National Seminar on Achievements and Opportunities in Post harvest Management and Value addition in Root and Tuber Crops (NSRTC 2), Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 19-20 July, pp.45

Attaluri S and Ilangantileke S 2004. Growing orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes to combat Vitamin A deficiency in Eastern India: experience of the International Potato Center (CIP) In: Micronutrients in South and South East Asia. pp. 37-42

Bardhan Roy S.K., Ilangantileke S and Attaluri S. 2003. Sweetpotato varietal improvement to improve farming practices for poverty alleviation in coastal; , India. Abstract: Thirteenth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC). Nov. 10-14 in Arusha, Tanzania. PP: 180

Ilangantileke S., Kadian M.S., Attaluri S and Bardhan Roy S.K (Eds.) 2002 TPS training in Nagaland CIP SWCA Newsletter September 2002 - Vol.6, No.1. South West and Central Asia (SWCA), International Potato Center(CIP), New Delhi, India 1 p. www.cipotato.org

Pande P.C., Attaluri S., Ilangantileke S and Thakur K.C. 2002. Evaluation of new TPS families as transplants for potato (Solanum tuberosum) production. Extended summary in Vol 2: Second International Agronomy Congress on Balancing Food and Environmental Security- A Continuing Challenge. Nov. 26-30 in Delhi, India. PP: 1205-1206.

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References Dr Wolfgang Gruneberg Dr Dindo Campilan Dr Ganga Rao NVPR Sweetpotato Breeder Regional Leader Scientist (Breeding) Division 3 South West & Central Asia ICRISAT-Nairobi, International Potato Center (CIP) International Potato Center (CIP) P.O.Box. 39063 Apartado, 1558, Lima Peru NASC Complex, DPS Marg, Nairobi, Kenya Ph: 51-1-3496017 Pusa, New Delhi -110 012 Tel.: +254-712-505 552 [email protected] Tel: +91 11 25840201 Off Ph: +254-20-7224808 [email protected] [email protected]

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Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India October 2011